Star Trek news aplenty today, for some reason.

George Takei comes out of the closet
Shatner interview footage on Google Video: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five: this is all raw footage, but quite interesting
Also via Google Video, you can rock out with Shatner’s Lucy in the Sky
Here’s a review of the [...]

I was going to write my own Halloween post, but why bother, when the fruits of the blogospherearama are mine to exploit. So here are some of the fun Halloween things I’ve read this week:

Dan Century has a lot of amusement value, including Halloween Babylon and The Most Popular Halloween Costumes for 2005.

Dan also plugs [...]

I am a mouse whore.

There, I’ve admitted my problem. I should be well on the road to recovery soon. I really am a mouse whore, though: I can’t resist buying a new mouse, even if the old one works perfectly fine. Indeed, I’ve never had a Logitech mouse fail on me (wish I could say [...]

Short and sweet this week.

Potpourri

Rat outsmarts, eludes scientists: Perhaps the rat was running his own little experiment…
Dinosaurs Never Had Feathers
Tiny Humans Hunted Tiny Elephants? I have only one thing to say: Short people got no reason to live.
Chimps Can Keep Quiet: That puts chimps a step ahead of human children.
‘Zombie worms’ found off Sweden: [...]

I grew up with sisters. That means I grew up having to watch various soap operas. One sister enjoyed the NBC dramas, like Days of Our Lives, the other two tended to gravitate to the ABC shows: All My Children, One Life to Live, and, of course, General Hospital. (As an aside: if Apple wants [...]

Tropical Storm Vince has finally become Hurricane Vince, the 23rd named storm of the season. Unfortunately, it’s off by Spain, with no way for it to smack into New Jersey. Can’t have everything, though.

Short and sweet this week.

Tenth Planet’s Moon Named Gabrielle: Normally, scientists are somewhat boring with their naming. These guys are pretty funny, though.
Dolphins Learn Batman Theme: Holy Porpoise, Batman!
Protein Gives Bald Mice Luxurious Locks: Good news for all those bald mice out there.
Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery Unraveled: Bruce Banner is elated!
Chasing Zodiac: My [...]